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NAACP v. Horne

NAACP v. Horne

Federal court challenge to a 2011 Arizona law that requires providers to certify that a patient’s reasons for seeking abortion care are unrelated to the race or sex of the fetus. In May 2013, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. The case was dismissed for lack of standing. Current Status: On March 12, 2014, The National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and the NAACP appealed the dismissal. (See the law here. See the complaint here. See the final decision here. Read more about the case here.)

Video Round Up

N.C. Gov. To Break Campaign Promise on Abortion Bills

AP/ABC News 11's Ed Crump discusses how North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) will break his campaign pledge to not sign any abortion restrictions if he signs a 72-hour mandatory delay bill into law. Watch the video

Datapoints

See where states rank on reproductive rights across the U.S. Plus, find out how states are imposing more restrictions on and limiting women's access to abortion. Read more

At A Glance

"Not since before Roe v. Wade has a law or court decision had the potential to devastate access to reproductive health care on such a sweeping scale."

— Nancy Northup, president and CEO of the Center for Reproductive Rights, on a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that upheld major portions of a Texas antiabortion-rights law. Read more